Financial Incentives for undertaking mining reforms by States included in the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment FY 2026-27

• A ₹5,000 crore incentive component inside the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) for FY 2026-27, designed to push States to operationalise mines faster and reform mineral governance.
• Nodal ministry is the Ministry of Mines; rewards are linked to the State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) and to specific reform/operationalisation milestones.
• Examinable as a Centre-State cooperative-federalism lever in the mining sector — a sequel to the FY 2025-26 scheme component announced in the Union Budget 2025-26.